The state legislature passed legislation adding gender identity to the long list of conditions that are protected by the state.

In a Capitol where accomplishments are built on relationships, some of Boehners most trusted confidantes wont return next year, when lawmakers must again address the U.S. debt ceiling and possibly grapple with immigration policy.

Democrats are trying to avoid a repeat of the 2010 midterms, in which Republicans capitalized on sentiment against President Obama and the health-care law passed that year to win control of the House and additional seats in the Senate.

Missed any of the action at the 2014 Benefits Selling Expo in Colorado Springs, Colo.? Here are a few of the big headlines.